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Valises and 'Blankets. All at Iltduced Prices.
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Band Instruments.
SHEET MUSIC. BOOKS AND ALL
KINDS OF MUSICAL INSTRTMENTS.
We are thoroughly posted on SEWING MACHINES
and keep tie eat family machines in
the market
Uee41ea for all Zinis of Itaehines.
Writa far catalogue and prices for anything in our
ine. Cor. Second and Ferry Streets.
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ATTRACTIONS AT
Spring Stock, to arrive March
1892.
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O-RZEGi-OlNr-
Benton County
:b:sxr:a:ci c:o,
Comple eetof bstrasts of Biaton
County.
Ccswancing I Perfectiag Titles a Spssialtj.
Money to Loan on Improved City
and Country Property.
J.-L!LUBR.n., - Proprietors.
MAIN ST., COHVALLIS.
Portland, Oregon. A. P. Armstrong, 1'riD.
Branch St-huol: Capital Bus. Collkge, Halem. Oregon.
ame courses of study, same rates of tuition.
Business. Shorthand,
Typewriting, Penmanship, and English Departments
jffjS"In session throughout the year. Students admit
ted at any time. Catalogue from either school, free.
J. M. APPLEWHITE, M. D.,
rjsidenue Nort b 9th Street.
II. S. PER-NoT, M D., residence 4th street, two
doors north of Opera House.
- Applewhite fc Pernot,
PHYSIGiS m SURGEONS,
Corvallis, Oregon,
Offices over J. D. Clark's hard
ware store, and at 11. Graham's
drugstore. Hours: 8 to 12 a. in ,
1:30 to 5, and 7 to S:S0 p. m.
Benton County
PLANING JIILLS
- AND -
ASH m OOR pAGTOBY.
W. P. W.ARTYN, Proprietor.
Doors nnd Sash kept in stock or made to
order. Mouldings of all kinds in jiiue or
cedar. All orders will receive prompt at
tention. I guarantee all my work to be
first-class. . West of S. F. depot, Corvallis,
Oregon. 8 8-tf.
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.
Notice is hereby given to all persons con
cerned that we, the undersigned, executors
of the last will and testament of Morgan
Liliard, deceased, have filed our final settle
ment as such executors in the county clerk's
office for the comity of Benton, in the state of
Oregon, on the 20th day of January, 1892,
and the county judge, W. S. Hufford, has
ordered that notice be giveo'in the Cor
vallis Gazette of said settlement for four
consecutive weeks prior to the 8th day of
March, 1892; that the 8th day of March,
1892, at the hour of 10 o'clock a. m. of
said day is appointed by said judge for the
hearing of said final settlement, and all per
sons iuterested are hereby notified to at
tend. Bv order of the county judge.
CHAS. ALLEN,
HAKLO LILLAKD,
Dated January 21, 1892. . Executors.
. SUMMONS.
In the Circuit Court of the State of Ore
gon, for the Coupty of Benton.
Wm. W. tovall, plaintiff,
vs.
Lizzie S to vail, defendant.
To Lizzie Stovall, the above-named de
fendant: . -
In the name of the State of Oregon, yon
are hereby required - to appear and
answer , to the complaint filed agrinat
you in the above-entitled suit- in
said court, on or before the 11 day of April,
1892; that being the first day of the regular
term of the circuit court of the state of Ore
gon, for the county of Betton, and if you
fail to appear and answer the said complaint
the plaintiff will apply to the court for the
relief demanded in said complaint, to-wit:
That the bonds of matrimony now existing
between you and plaintiff he dissolved, and
for costs and disbursements of this suit.
This summons is published in the Cor
vallis Gazette by order of Hon. M. L.
Pipes, jndge of the above entitled court, duly
made at chambers on the 2Stu day of De
cember 1S91. " ' - - '
F M. JOHNSON, Flaintift's Att'y.
- Dated this 29th day of December, 1S91.
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RAW AS BEEF-STEAK
Baby's Fearful Suffering from Skin
Disease Covering Entire Body
Cored by Cutlcnra.
My baby was taken very sick when he was three
months old, and in a few days began breaking out.
We employed both of the home doctors, and they
could do nothing for him. Then we sent for the
best doctor In Katon Rapids, Mich., and he doc-
lorea mm xur two
weeks, and he got
worse all the time;
and then I took him to
Jackson, to a doctor
who attends especially
to skin diseases, and
then He got worse than
ever. Then L told my
husband we had better
try the Cuticura
Remedies any way;
did not have any idea
they would do any
good, but in less than
two months from the
time we began giving them to him he was entirely
well, and not a spot on him. His hair began
growing light off, and we thought he would
always be bald-headed. There was not a spot on
his whole body, face, and head, only his nose and
eyes, but what was as raw as beef-steak. 6o poor
there was not anything but bones, and so weak he
coald raise neither hand nor head.
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the skin and scalp, and restore the hair. Thus the
Coticuba Remedies euro every species of itching,
burning, scaly, pimply, and blotchy skin, scalp, and
bloed diseases, from pimples to scrofula, from
infancy to age, when the best physicians fail.
Sold everywhere. Price, Cuttctra, 50c: Soap,
2",c; Resolveht, $1. Prepared by the Potteb
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Nearly 400 paes, size 9x15 inches. Elegant'y printed.
Handsomely bound in silk cloth, embossed in gold.
Superbty illustrated with magnificent representations
of all the mammoth World's Fair Buildings. Each
building a full page colored plate, executed in eight
oil colors at a cost of h ariy
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Many photographic views of Chicago, including a su
pjrb bird's-eye view of the entire city, size 15x25
inches. The crowning feature is a grand cyclorama
picture, bird's eye View of the ExjKisitiori Grounds
and buildings, in eight oil cilors, size flxlS inches,
positively dazzling m magnificence, revualing what
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The book is fur the millions who contemplate visit
ing Chicago in 1803. H will be purchased by the
millions who cannot go, hut who will desire to know
just what their friends are seeing.
The Chance of a Life-Time.
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iijilila VVftiliiiy. hundreds ot dollars. We
want an agent in eery town to circulate this hook.
Exclusive territory given. I f SKLLS AT SIGHT.
Agents are meeting with unparalleled success. One
agent cleared S4.r0 in 9 days; another reports SiO
orders the first week.
Books on 30 days' credit. Liberal tarni3. Write
for full part.icul&rs, or to secure the agency instantly,
send only- 72 cunts for an elegant and complete can
vassing outfit.
Address the co!c general agents for this State-
Pacific Publishing Co.,
1830 Market St.,
San FraTicisco, Cal.
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about Seeds. We wii send
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for 1892, which tells
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prices in this Catalogue,
which is handsomer than
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" NOTICE TP PAY TAXES.
Notice is hereby given thai the common
council has placed the tax roll in the hands
of the city treasurer for the collection of
taxes due the city of Corvallis for 1891.
The tax roll is at Stock's store. All tax
payers art requerted to call and pay their
taxes at as early date as possible.
Samuel Hitchens, Treasurer.
ASSIGNEES' NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that the nnder
sigued has been duly appointed assignee of
the estate of T. G. Read, an insolvent
debtor, and all persons holding claims
against the said T. G. Bead are hereby
notified to present the same to the under
signed at his olB'je in Corvallis, Oregon,
duly verified within three months from the
date hereof. '
XV. S. nUFFOED, Assignee.
Dated December 30, 1891.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Notice is hereby given to all persons
concerned that I, the undersigned, have
been duly appointed executrix of the last
will and testament of Philip Weber,
deceased, by th3 county court of Benton
county, Oregon; and all persons having
claims against said estate arehereby required
to present the same, duly verified, with the
proper vouchers, to me at my home in Cor
vallis, Benton county, Oregon, within six
months from the date of this notice.
MARY WEBER,
Executrix of the last will and testament
of Philip Weber, deceased.
Dated January 13, 1892. .
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Notice is hereby given to all persons con
cerned that we, the undersigi.ed, have been
duly appointed executors of the last .will
and testament of James Cooper, deeeased,
by the eounty court of Benton
county, Oregon; and f' all persons
bavine claims said estate are hereby re
quired to present the same, duly verified,
with the proper vouchers to us at the resi
dence of Thomas II. Cooper, near Corvallis,
in Benton county. Oregon-, r within six
months from the date of this notice.
Thos. H. Cooper, -'
. W. Cooprr.
-. Executors of the last will and teatmvent
of James Cooper, deceased.
Dated December 51, J891, ;
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Caeriace Factors" Notes. Operations
will begin at the Corvallis wagon and car
nage factory next week. The force of em
ployes will be increased as rapidly as all the
necessary appliances of machinery can be
put into practical work, so that by another
week or more a full force of hands will be
engaged. Some skilled workmen from the
east are arriving, but Corvallis will furnish
all such employes as can be rnade service
able to ihe factory. Mr. B. Puschinsky,
from the eastern states, a gentleman who
has had large practical experience in the
carriage blacksmith department, is now at
work fitting up the same department in
this factory, of which he will have charge.
Win. Baruhart, also from the east, has ar
rived, and is putting the finishing work on
the gearing department, which will be un
der his supervision. These gentlemen have
both beeu employed in factories in the east
undt r Mr. Sticker, and he assures us that
tbey are A 1 men, who thoroughly under
stand their business.
FRIGHTFUL SHIPWRECKS.
Staunch ships strike and founder, the
tierce winds and mountainous waves sweep
noble mariners' "hearts of oak" to ship
wreck and to death, yet that does not pre
vent the lubberliest landsman from risking
li is life on the stormy Atlantic iu the role
of tourist or commercial traveler. But if
lie shall reach his destination safely he will
scarcely have escaped some of the qualms of
sea sickness, unless he takes with him
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, that inimitable
specific fur nausea. Bad water on " long
trips are a threat to the voyager, but this
may be deprived in a great measure of its
disordering effects upon the stomach,
bowels and liver by the Bitters. Against
the prejudicial effects of malaria, bad diet,
fatigue and exposure it is also efficacious.
It averts, moreover, rheumatism aud kid
ney, complaints. Don't travel on Bea or
land without it.
Early Spring. The ground has dried
up rapidly since the rains ceased aud farmers
are again plowing on the higher and dryer
lands. An old settler says there will be
no very cold weather nor much, snow this
winter and that we will bave an early
spring. He bases his predictions on the fact
that every time we have had a storm it has
turned off warm. The Srst half of January
has passed and there is but little probability
of any long spell of cold weather this winter.
100 REWARD $100.
The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there i3 at least one droaded
disease that science has been able to cure in
all its stages, and that is catarrh. Hall's Ca
tarrh cure is the only positive cure known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a con
stitntional disense, requires a constitutional
treatment. Hall's Cat-irrh Cure is taken
internally, acting directly on the blood and
muuiious surfaces of the system, thereby
destroying the foundation, of the disease,
and giving tho patient strength by building
up the constitution and assisting nature in
doing its work. The proprietors have so
much faith iu its curative powers, that they
offer one hundTed dollars for any case that
it fails to cure. Send for testimonials.
Ad.(re.8, V. J.'ChexE' & Co , Toledo, O.
3Sold by Druggists, 75 cents.
CORVALLIS CANNERY AND ICE CO.
There will be a public meeting of the
stockholders of the Corvallis Cannery and
Ice Company at the court house on Toesdaj ,
February 2d, at the hour of 7 o'clock p. m.
Business of importance will come before the
meeting and all interested iu this enterprise
are cordially iuvited to attend.
O. G. Hopkins, Secretary.
No liealthv tteraon need fear any danzer-
ous consequences from an attack of la
grippe if properly treated. Jt is much the
same as a severe coltl ant requires precisely
the same treatment. Remain quietly at
home and take Chamberlain's Congh
Remedy as directed for a severe cold and a
prompt and complete recovery is sure to
follow. This remedy also counteracts any
tendency of la grippe to result in pueu
mitiia. Anions the niauv thousacds who
have used it during the epidemics of the
past two years we havo yet to learn of a
single case that has not recovered or that
has resulted in pneumonia, oj ceus uotues
for sale by T. Graham-druggist.
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
In buying a congh medicine for children,"
says H. A. Walker, a prominent druggist of
Ogden, Utah, "uever be afraid to buy
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. There is no
danger from it and relief is, always sure to
follow. 1 particularly recommend
Chamberlain's because I have found it to be
safe and reliable. 50 cent bottles fpr sale
by T. Graham Druggist.
A banker at Independeuuce offered Geo.
Strong, a baker, a $50 suit of clothes, if he
would get married within a month. Strong
immediately wrote to a young lady he had
known in the east, proposing, aud enclosing
a check for $150 for her expenses out here if
she accepted him, which she did, arriving a
day before the month was up, when the
marriage was immediately ' consummated.
There is a business ring to that.
TEACHERS' EXAMINATION.
Notice is hereby given that for the pur
Dose of making an examination of all per
sons who may offer themselves as candidates
fn g teachers of the schools 01 this -county,
the county, school superintendent thereof
will hold a public examination at the court
bouse in Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon,
on Wednesday, February 10th, 1892, be
ginning at the hour of 1 o'clock, p. m.
. W. E. YATES.
County School Superintendent, Benton
County, Oregon.
Dated this 29th day ot January. ioj.
Examine the policy of any other company
and notiee that if you don't surrender it in
six months from .date of default it will be
void Then look up the Massachusetts
Mutual, and you will see it has a perpetual
guarantee of cash and paid up insurance,
without any act on your part
LOCAL NOTES.
Fruits of all kinds at Small k Son's.
Fresh butter at Kline's, at 25 cents per
pound. - , .
A. F. Hershuer continues to lead in the
grocery trade.
C. C. McBridej of Eddyville, was in the
city this week. . .
A large stock of undertakers goods just
seceived at L. Welker & Go's.
See L. P. Miller & Co.'s advertisement in
another columu. They-are reliable.
Ex-Sheriff Hall, of Polk county, spent
Tuesday and We lnesday in the cit3
A fresh lot of hand made candies at
Small & Son's. It is absolutely pure.
Miss Leila Purdy, weut to Salem Tuesday
where she will spend the week visiting. .
Meals served day and night at the Pu
neer Restaurant. Eldon Irvin proprietor.
Coffins, caskets and everything in the line
of undertaking kept at L. Welker & Go's.
Grand display of Salem blankets at
Kline's. Patronize home industry and buy
a pair.
K. Woodward and family are all sick with
the la grippe. The disease continues to in
crease. State Superintendent McElroy was in
the city the first of the week on a business
errand.
The largest stock of crockery, glassware
and groceries iu Beaton county at A. F.
Hershner's.
Don't go hungry when you can get a
first-class meal at the Pioneer Restaurant
for 25 cents.
Orders for coffins or caskets from a dis
tance will be given prompt attention by L.
Welker & Co.
Wanted, to rent a small furnished house,
or would rent house and buy furniture. Ad
dress this office.
Presiueut B. L. Arnold, of the state
agricultural college, is suffering from a se
vere attack of la grippe.
- S. N. Wilkins is having the finishing
touches put ou his new resideuue, prepara
tory to moviug in soon.
Iusuro your life iu the Massachusetts
Mutual Life Insurance Co. It has twelve
million assets, aud is forty years old.
If you want your watches aud jewelry
repaired take them to L. Beltis, the old
pioneer of Corvallis. . Good work done. -
Fur beat assortment, lowest prices, best
grades, and above all, prompt aud accom
modating delivery; buy of A. F. Hershuer.
To-day is the beginning of the. Chinese
New Year. Firecrackers aud gtu will be in
order among the Chinese "for the next few
days. ' -
Mrs. Robert Huston, of Albany, is in the
city arranging for the removal of herself and
husband to Corvallis during - the coming
mouth.
Go to Conn & Underwood's for photo
graphs. First-class work at lowest prices.
Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded.
Give us a call.
Miss Effie Lcasnre, who has been visiting
with her cousin, Miss Christine Lenger the
past few months, returned to her home at
Moscow, Idaho, last week.'
T. T. Baruhart and family have moved
to Elmira, Lane county, wherfe Mr. Baru
hart has purchased an interest in a saw
mill. Much good luck be their lot.
Mr. Robt. Buchanan is quite sick at his
home south of this city with acute bron
chitis. The aibnent was probably caused
by la grippe.
Captain Symons is preparing over 100
large photographs of the government works
at Yaquina, Coos bay aud elsewhere, to be ;
placed ou exhibition at the world's fair in
1893. m
The convention of Oregon republican
clubs convened at Portlaud Wednesday,
aud is harmonizing on preliminary prepara
tion 1 for the next state and natioual cam
paigns.
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Simpson have
moved into the city from Albany, and per
manently located in Corvallis. They oc
cupy the residence Opposite the Congrega
tional church.
A typo, who appealed to us for a job one
day this week, reports Portland as exceed
ingly dull, and no work to be had. Per
haps the dullness emanated from the typo
who swerved work.
The new dome for the state capitol is to
be constructed of glass aud steel at a cost of
not less than $50,000, according to the com
missioners' advertisement for bids. It will
present an imposing apperance.
. Miss Lou Burnett went to Independence
Wednesday to assist in taking testimony in
a case of law, in place of J. Fred Yates, who
was suddenly attacked with sickness. Miss
Buvnett will do the work well.
Mrs. M. Damewood arrived in this city
from Sisson, California, last week, having
been summoned to the bedside of . her
daughter, Mrs. C. A. McCulIough, who has
been seriously ill for some time. .
Brenham Van Dusen, Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge of Oregon A. F. & A. M., will
yisit Corvallis Lodge in an official capacity,
at the hall of Corvallis Lodge, Saturday
evening, January 30th, at 7:30 p. m.
J.": WrMatbena, general agent for the
Connecticut Mutual, is again on our streets,
and will perhaps remain with' us several
days this trip. Mr. Mathena is a thorough
business man and meets with success where
ever he goes. z
The semi-annual convention of the Benton
county Snnday School . Association is an
nounced to meet at Philomath, . Thursday
evening, February 11, 1892,' beginning at 7
o'clock., A cordial invitation is extended
$9 the public
B. F. Jones,- the rustling real estate
dealer at Toledo, was transacting business
in the city during the week. -
Coke Langhead, representing Jones &
Barnard's wholesale and retail candy factory
of Salem, was iu the city this week. This
firm operates the largest, ' completest and
most thoroughly equipped candy factory in
the northwest, and they keep constantly on
hand the finest qualities and grades of can
dies to be obtained on the coast.
Tolbert Norton's family are all bedfast,
la grippe having paid its respeefs during the
week. Not one. of them is able to be np.
This is the first instance this season in Cor
vallis in which an entire family have suc
cumed to the dread disease at once.
A sure sign of the approach of an early
spring is the large' number of commercial
travelers doing business in this city the past
week. Judging from the extensive business
transacted with them, our local" merchants
anticipate an unusually large spring trade.
The usual services at the Presbyterian
church next Sabbath morning and evening;
preaching by Dr. Thompson. Sabbath
school and Bible classes at 10 a. m. r Chris
tian Eudeavnr at 6:15 p. m. Service of
praise at 7:15 p. in. A cordial welcome to
all "
One of our neatest and newsiest exchanges
is the Newport Times. Its interests seem
to be especially centered iu-the bay country,
the development of which it earnestly
urges; but it is also an injtrumeut'for the
good of all Benton county. It deserves
success and will not be disappointed.
C. B. Horning's horse, while crossing the
Southern Pacific railroad the other day,
caught its foot between a rail, aud the plank
ing, and in e'mleavoring to relieve the faot,
pulled a portion of the hoof off. thus disabl
ing the animal for life. It was an unfortun
ate circumstance, and Charley sustains quite
a loss.
The Massachusetts insurance law is the
best in the United States. Every company
in that state is compelled to give you a guar
antee against loss after two payments of cash
or paid up insurance, without any condition
and at any time. The Massachusetts Mu
tual pays you annual cash dividends, or they
will iticreaia the insurance.
There will be services in the Evangelical
church on Sunday evening, February 7th,
conducted by the pastor, D. V. Poling;
also ou February 14th. . Rev. C. C. Poling,
P. E. of the district, will preach on the
latter date, and hold quarterly services for
the last timo iu this conference year. To
these services all are welcome.
Tuesday Minium Zerious, a gypsy woman,
was arraigned in the police court for ped
dling fancy articles in the citj limits with
out license. On refusing to pay a fine of
$10, she was lodged in the city jail, where
she remained over night. On Wednesday
she was given her liberty on a promise that
she would leave the city at once.
There are now at the reform school thirty
one erring youths and the school has beeu
opened less than three months, says the
Statesman. As yet only a few counties
have representation among the boys, and it
is safe to say there are bad boys in every
county of the state. This school will be a
growing institution and the growth during
the next few months cannot fail to be large.
' The Albany and Salem papers are having
a dispute as to which place is the distribut
ing center to various points in the state for
all freights over the Oregon Pacific railroad
by way of Yaquina. The Journal claims
that Salem is the distributing point aud
the Democrat makes the claim for Albany.
The truth of the matter is that Corvallis is
the distributing center for all freights over
the Oregon Pacific except that waybilled
for the southern part of the state.
QrrrE Kosrect. All traveling men say
that Corvallis has the brightest future and
the best improvements of any town in the
Willamette valley. Gazette. That's just
the way they talk about Albany, aud we'll
wager some of them even do it at Salem and
Eugene when they are there. The truth is,
Corvallis, Salem, Eugene and Albany are all
in the swim, but keep your optica on the
R. R. center. Democrat. True; but. don't
neglect to recognize our wonderful manu
facturing developments the past year, our
unrivaled educational facilities and unques
tioned commerical advantages, -besides a
slow, steady and sure growth that leaves no
doubt about the future greatness of Corval
lis. Ye?, these upper Willamette valley
towns are destined to rank uinong the cities
of the Pacific coast.
A Peculiar Case. A 'gentleman from
Lost Valley called at the sheriffs office
Monday to see about his taxes. ' He says he
lias paid taxes on 320 acres of land for the
past twenty-five years, supposing that he
owned that amount, but reeeutly received
an abstract of title to the land, -and fouud
he had only 219 acres. ' He now wants the
eounty to refund the amount of excess taxes
he has paid for the past twenty-five years.
There is a man west of Irving who has been
paying taxes every year on 600 acres of land
and recently discovered that he had only
480 acres. Guard. "
DIED.
MULKEY At Rosalie. Wash., January
13, 1892, Fanny, twelve-year-old dangh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Mulkey.
' The Borrowing parents are relatives of
Mrs. Jas, A. Cauthorn, of Corvallis, and
formerly resided in this city, where friends
sympathize with them in their affliction.
ELDER. On Tuesday night, Jan. 26th,
1892, at Oneatta, Benton county, Oregon,
Mrs. Rowena Elder, daughter of Hon.
Allen Parker, of consumption, aged about
28 years.
She leaves one child and many relatives
and friends to mouru her dealh.
YAQUINA ITEMS.
Mr. Editor: We feel, in thin cowbji
uity, as if a cloud was lifted from ever oyr
heads since tho railroad matters hava bquhi
adjusted. We wish it success, for ep fa
depends our own success the railrooA
ing the great builder up of thi yartroff tlat?
country.
The Maggie Ross, under the efficient
supervision of Capt. J. J. Wihant, begins tr
look like anew ship. Her deck house nnJ
bulwarks are up and her smoke stack reefeiL
"fore and aft.'' This may not be a nautical
term, but the crew on a canal boat on the
Delaware and Rariton nlway need it when?
passing under a bridge, when your corres
pondent was bhief engineer on the tow path-,
and hammered the mules on the sore apotsi
to get up steam. I never met Garfield in
those days, although he was in the same,
scientific pursuit, moreover, I have never
been elected president yet and have about
concluded not to ruu, as he had such baV
luck.
The Kate & Ann did not get away last,
week. There being two of her they might,
have disagreed.
The bay saw mills are not running any
overtime at present, but they expect ten
make the fir fly when spring comes,.
Capt. Eunos, of the Algerin corsair
Mascot, had a race with The Benton, Capt.
Logan, and came out aheaiL By the way.,
"captains" are nearly as thick as clams here,,
or as colonels in old Virginia. It's always?
best for a stranger to salute a Bayite a
captain, and if he happens to be an admiral
or commodore they don't feel mucin hurt
but lay it to one's ignorance.
Capt. Eunos is fitting up the- Mascot for
a cruise against Chile. He expects' to get.
one of the large fifteen-inch smooth bores in,
her forward turret and with a dovlble-bar-rcled
buck gun aft, it wilt be "Bow are
you, Santiago?" Mr. Coyiillo Bill has
promised one of his open-faced canoes as a.
troop ship. Jack K. goes as- chief of mar- -iners,
but wishes to stop off at Los GaUn
Calif.,' a week.
Some of the old ganders hereabouts are
disgusted with that feather-headed, owner
of the San Francisco Examiner, as their
flat jack traps have been on a stretch f jr
three months for an orange orchard, andl
they did not receive a scale. As Salins re
marks, "Blessed are they who expect,
nothing, for they shall not be disappointed.'
They now say it is nothing but a confounded;
democratic lottery and should be squelched.
Two of our oystermen, Messrs. King and!
Roddy, say that they have sold to Mi-
Toner, of Wells Fargo, about thirty sacks;,
of oysters per mouth since the season com
menced, for points in the valley. I reckon,
you folks like oysters. Oysters are also
shipped to San Francisco every trip of the
steamer. This shows how some of ns make,
a living, and if all else fails we can keep fate,
on oysters and clam chowder, and that m
no slouch of a mess to tie to.
If there is any smut on this paper, blarney
my French chef, as he left for Vandetbiltsk
this morning and I am forced to cook av
canvas back while scribbling. Obediaii.
PHILOMATH ITEMS.
The farmers in the surrounding ceantrjr
have begun putting in their spring grain.
We notice that since the Oregon Pacific
has changed hands it has made a change In,
the depot here. We think they onght tu
have a new one.
On Sunday morning about 11 o'eloek r
unusual amount of smoke was seen rising
from the Keezel chapnl, and an examiaa
tiou was made by some of the nearest resi
dents and it was found that the bnildinir
was on fire. They rang the bell in a man
ner becoming the occasion, and it was but a.
short time until all the people in town were
there to see the building c tange into a vol
time of smoke and fire, but too late to do.
much good, as water was scarce and the
fire had gained too much headway before it
wa3 discovered. The furniture and most of
the windows were saved. It seems 'bat
the chapel has been quite unfortunate f ronk
the beginning. Prof. Keezel, for whom it
was named, lost his life by an injury which)
he received while building it. It was
valued at about $1,500 and was insnred fop
$800. The school will continue its work iu
Mrs. Keezel' residence until a new one i
erected.
The ladies of the W. C. T. U. gave an
entertainment in the college chapel Snnday
evening.
The whooping cough is visiting this part
ot the country again. It has been the guest
of Mr. W. E. Allen's family for the past .
week or two. CaELKB.
Naptha Ladnch tor Yaquina. During
a recent visit to the Sound Captaiu Symons;
bought at Tacoma, a naptha launch, twenty
feet in length, for the use of the assistant
engineer at Yaquina bay, says the Albany
Herald. Work is going on there on both,
the north and south jetties, and the assist
ant engineer is kept constantly on the move,
aud will have plenty of use for such s
launch. . It will be sent over by rail in s
few days, aud will go through to Albany ou
a Northern Pacific car, and tkepoe over the
Oregon Pacific to Yaquina.
Bentos's Tax-Roll. The following tax
levy has been made on the Benton county
assessment roll by the state board of equally
zatiou: State purposes, 4 23 33 mills; uni
versity, 1-7 mill) Oregon National Gmtrds,
1-5 mill; school purposes, 5 mills; indigent
soldier and sailor tax, 1-10 mill; county
purposes, 9 5-10 mills, making a total tt
levy for all purposes of 19 0-10 mills. Tbi
is a margin higher than last year's levy,
which was placed at 18.84 mill?, but tb
present "flush" of good times wiJl offset
burden to the taxpayers.